Elspeth Henderson

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Elspeth Henderson is World Board Chairman of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) and an educational consultant. She is Irish.

Contents 1 Educational career 2 Guiding and Scouting 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Educational career

Henderson is a former vice-principal and principal of Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin. In 2006 she was an educational consultant.

[edit] Guiding and Scouting

Henderson has been involved with Guiding since childhood. As an adult, she has held numerous positions at both national and international level.

Henderson has been President of The Irish Girl Guides. She has also been an International Commissioner for the same. She was Chair of the Conference Planning Team for the 30th World Conference held in Dublin in 1999.

Henderson was Chairman of the Europe Region of WAGGGS from 1989 - 1999. She was awarded the WAGGGS Bronze medal in 1999. She was elected to the World Board in 2002 and in 2005 became the World Board Chairman.

[edit] See also

• World Scout Committee

[edit] References

• Chairman's Message - February 2006. World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (February 2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
• nyci newsletter: Member Organisations News Archive. National Youth Council of Ireland (March 1998). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
• nyci newsletter: Member Organisations News Archive. National Youth Council of Ireland (July 2002). Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
• WAGGGS World Conference 2005. Catholic Guides of Ireland. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.